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I literally sat on one of these today, 2023 model and once you get it off the stand it feels immaculately balanced and light. I ride a cb300r and am looking for my first "big bike" so to speak.
it should be 1000eur less. At this price you have z650 and sv650 in my country that fall exactly at the class real world no nonsense bikes that you can use at 100% sometimes keeping your license and with 20plus hp on tap
Yesterday I got this bike after two days of IBT training. It was very easy to ride home, even while I was a bit uneasy because it was my first day riding a motorbike on my own. I made the mistake of getting into town and some pedestrians stepped onto the road while the light was green for me. That prompted a quick stop on my part, which was poorly executed and led to me dropping it. Fortunately nothing got damaged, except for my ego, a slightly bent gear shifter and a chipped clutch lever. I rode to the shop and they fixed it for me in five minutes. This thing is about as much motorcycle as I would want to start with. More would be too much. My advice to anyone starting on such a big bike would be to get all the full body armour plus extra protective pads. The PPE made the tarmac feel like a mattress upon falling from my bike.
I also had a Gilera Runner. One of the last two stroke 180s. Lovely stiff frame, water cooled engine, 20 bhp, a genuine 60 mph. The Italians had a race series for them. Then the emissions regs took hold.
As someone who started on this bike (a 2015 model), I agree wholeheartedly with almost every point made in the video; however, I would *never* recommend this CB. It largely comes down to the weight. With all of its competitors having similar power to weight ratios (which I agree is all you’ll really ever need), the main differentiating factor to me is that this bike weighs in at 35 to 50 pounds (~15 to ~20 kg) more than the competition. Moreover, on completely flat pavement with nothing to prop it up against, this bike can be nigh on impossible to pick up by yourself. You see, the problem is that even though it’s far lighter than many much larger bikes, when it does tip (which I’ve managed to do twice by hitting the low-hanging foot pegs while practicing low speed maneuvers) it rests, not parallel to the ground, but with the wheels pointed slightly up. Then, when using the standard bike-lifting technique (which applies a slight backwards force to the bike that should press the tires to the ground, helping to lift the bike) it simply slides back until you run into an imperfection in the surface of the road or a curb, at which point it’ll stop sliding and is fairly easy to lift (ignoring the size class). This is opposed to a larger, heavier bike, like an XSR900, which I have never really struggled to lift on my own. I can echo the experience of the horribly placed horn button which has resulted in many accidental presses (especially after getting off any other bike). And while I do agree that it doesn’t need traction or wheelie control, I would remind any new riders that even small bikes are capable of lifting the front wheel or spinning the rear (both of which I have done by letting the clutch out too fast, foolishly trying to keep up with bigger bikes. I am pleased to note that it felt natural and progressive during both of the maneuvers, and neither startled me. I love to see that they greatly upgraded the front braking system, as the earlier, single disk set up wasn’t confidence inspiring while riding, even only fairly aggressively, with faster and more capable bikes. I found the engine character to be quite boring (in both power delivery and sound), but the transmission’s short ratios are a joy to use around town. However, James is spot on for wanting a taller sixth gear (or the addition of a seventh) for Highway use. If you’re looking for a bike in this class, it seems the competitors simply offer a better experience. If you’re looking for: reliability, a z400 or z500 will do great; a premium experience, a duke or svart/vitpilen will be fantastic; or more character, a CFMoto 450NK should be lovely. To top it all off, as of right now in the U.S., the CB500F retails for more than any of these bikes, while being beat at everything that matters to me, so while I have enjoyed mine, I would point any rider (new or old) to anything else.
Well, today’s Arai’s will structurally survive a drop from a bike seat just fine, the fancy vents may well take the brunt of the damage though, but they are replaceable, and they aren’t expensive. The reason helmets may have been toast in the past is because the shells weren’t tough enough to not allow the medium density stuff below to deform, but that is not the case today as the shells are more ridged and the medium density foam is designed to deform inside, not at the shell side so much. It’s also different density around the helmet giving better all round protection than ever, but that’s another story. They are hand made in Japan by a company that cares more about safety than anything which is why they are expensive and why they protect their pricing - they are expensive because they are expensive to make! If you are unsure if your dropped or lightly damaged Arai is still safe, Arai will also inspect a suspect helmet for you and give it an ok… or not. Most light damage is only cosmetic. When it comes to those test stickers, you don’t see the MotoGP logo because Arai doesn’t use an internal rotational slip system. They claim the shape of their helmet means it would rarely ever hit anything straight on, glancing off of objects, and the same shape allows it to spin - all the vents are designed to come away easily on impact and not snag too.
Why ??? Why such a high prices ??? Because they have garbage parts. All todays corrupt car corporations specify flawed built parts. How about simplifying all these gadgets. In fact leave them off. If these parts are that poorly built why not have theses gangster corporations to fix them. Then they'd spec better parts. It's a money grab.
Excelent review. I had an Coge 500R this year, tahat I sold brand new because the noise of the exaust was killing high. My question for you, is if you, besides of sound tone preferences, found if as high as I did in the voge. Thank you.
Honestly, I think the older one looks better. The GT RWD looks too busy; to many canards and bumps and wing. The older GT look cleaner and much, much prettier. And the RWD just being an "All The Options" model is almost criminal. The R8 single-handedly changed the perception of Audi as a company that just made Rep-Mobile's into arguably the top dog of the big three German firms (BMW, Merc, Audi), and this is the final edition!? Audi could have quite easily come up with something genuinely unique from all other Gen II R8''s, perhaps even make an all-new V8 version using the engine from a Conti GT/S8, as a reminder of where the R8 started; a final back-to-it's-roots edition, or raid the Buagtti factory for some of the materials and parts they're using and make an R8 with the most luxurious interior possible. VAG know how to do tribute cars; this is the same group of manufacturers that once stuffed a W12 in the back of a Mk V Golf simply to show off at a GTi Event...
JayEmm On Cars Audi R8 GT review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_AomNolRyhs.html Ant's original first impressions video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K4j1F64KZRQ.html
The best Gen II but not quite good enough to be replacing Ant's Spyder 🐜🕸. Charlotte is safe - for now. Quite frankly I would prefer a car that doesn't want to ☠️ me and that is where a 4WD comes into play once you're into the 300+ bhp range. Now..... where can I source a decent Audi 200 Saloon; not Avant; 2.2 litre 20 valve with zero modifications? It seems to be a Unicorn 🦄. Nice review, guys.
The new R8 V10 GT RWD sounds so... quiet. Demure, almost too refined especially with that DCT 'box. Not that I hate DCT, but at least gave it some sort of, I don't know, a whipcrack pop on the upshift? The original R8 GT with a slight delay on the upshift just sounds that much more natural, more honest.
To be fair, they've mapped in a stronger shift in the new car but there's something nice about having to master the lift on upshifts (except you just keep it flat when at full throttle). The most severe kick I've experienced is the Gallardo Superleggera in Corsa mode. It's something else.
Congratulations, I still have a KTM 990 Super Duke bought new in 2005, it has never let me down. Been taken around the Nurburgring and has never let me down, still looks immaculate. We have done great roads in Essex and Suffork, really nice ride out to the cafe in Dunwich
If you are between 140-160 this bike will be sprung perfect for you. The motorcycle is way more capable than people think it is you can push that motorcycle surprisingly hard.
I like to modify my cars but only using the same manufacturers parts bin or oem suppliers. I had a Corrado with a R32 engine which was lovely, now just pricing up an E81 with V8 M3 mechanicals which I’ve wanted to do since forever.
Hmmm, fair enough, but I’m just not a fan of this collection or collecting philosophy, it’s just expensive cars which are expensive now, and which will be expensive in the future. Looking forward to Jay’s next review of something quirky and to watching him discover something loveable about a car that isn’t anything to do with the price (even if the car is expensive, he somehow transcends and puts that fact artfully aside).
